I'm pretty sure that EMobile of Japan (a newly licensed cellphone carrier owned by eAccess) uses a 1700mhz UMTS network exclusively. They seem to cater to the smartphone crowd, so the Kaiser would be a good fit for their line up.
I totally forgot about E-mobile. Right now they are operating as an MNVO on docomo's network, so obviously they're currently on 1900/2100. I seem to recall that their roadmap included voice service on docomo after thier 1700 HSDPA network goes live next year, so at the least any handset they use hast to be dual band UMTS/HSDPA...I think.
E-mobile's network will be 1700/2100, and for some reason I thought T-Mo's network was going to be 1700/1900, which would make the handset's incompatible...But maybe I'm wrong about T-Mo's plans. According to Wikipedia's UMTS page, it seems like their network will be 1700/2100 as well.
That's good for me...at least it will be if Emobile extends their service to my small town...
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darkjester220 @ Sep 20th 2007 10:24AM
I'm pretty sure that EMobile of Japan (a newly licensed cellphone carrier owned by eAccess) uses a 1700mhz UMTS network exclusively. They seem to cater to the smartphone crowd, so the Kaiser would be a good fit for their line up.
vince @ Sep 20th 2007 11:59PM
I totally forgot about E-mobile. Right now they are operating as an MNVO on docomo's network, so obviously they're currently on 1900/2100. I seem to recall that their roadmap included voice service on docomo after thier 1700 HSDPA network goes live next year, so at the least any handset they use hast to be dual band UMTS/HSDPA...I think.
E-mobile's network will be 1700/2100, and for some reason I thought T-Mo's network was going to be 1700/1900, which would make the handset's incompatible...But maybe I'm wrong about T-Mo's plans. According to Wikipedia's UMTS page, it seems like their network will be 1700/2100 as well.
That's good for me...at least it will be if Emobile extends their service to my small town...